Ladies, and gentlemen, start your emulators! It is time for another episode of RetrOS, your dose of nostalgia for reviewing games of your childhood. In the second part of this versus battle, we turn the clocks back to 1989 as we tackle a supposed sequel to Street Fighter
With a massive score of 97.5% to beat, will the sharpshooter maintain his streak? Or will Haggar pull this off!
Let's find out!
Regarding fighting games in general Capcom is one with recognisable names in the genre. There are a lot of franchises in its portfolio. Examples include Devil May Cry, a stylish hack-and-slash game, with excellent gunplay mechanics thrown in the mix, the fly Turok's ointment, Dino Crisis, and of course, one of the big three of the 2D fighting game sub-genre, Street Fighter.
Like most videogame franchises starting out in the late 1980s, and was arcades, not home consoles had their pioneer releases. This title is no exemption from this.
The title itself was released on the Japanese arcades in December 1989. The game has been ported into various systems, for example, the SNES, Sega CD, and the PSP. The story is set in the streets of Metro City, which shares its cannon with the previously mentioned streetfighter universe.
You play as a former wrestler, turned mayor of Metro City, Mike Haggar (you may recognise him from the highly successful crossover fighter, or Ultimate Marvel Versus Capcom 3), your daughter Jessica has been kidnapped by a criminal organisation, the Mad Gear Gang, demanding total, unopposed rule of the city.
It is up to you to fight your way through gang members, rescue Jessica, and clean up the streets.
The accessibility scores are as follows –
Visibility 10
Due to the game's age, there are no colourblind-friendly modes for its interface. However, there is very little need for one. Everyone on the screen but you, and your partner's character are enemies, there are no colour-coded elements that can cause issues for visually impaired players.
Audibility 10
Again, due to the game's age, there is no spoken dialogue in this game. The introduction cut scenes of this game are text-based. Back in those days, imagination had to fill in the blanks.
Mobility 9.5
This is where the biggest criticism of this game lies, there is no way to customise the controls for this game. in both the SNES version and the Arcade Stadium version, However, these controls are very easy to pick up and play
. So, this game is very accessible for a player with a mobility impairment. However, extra bottom layouts, or even better, customisable controls would make this game a little more accessible. Quite good, but not good enough that 10!
Gameplay 9
.The DNA of other classics of the era, for example, streets of Rage, and Double Dragon are seen in this game. In this game, you have the choice of only two characters, Cody and Haggar. Also, there is very little uniqueness between the two characters. The weapons mechanics of Streets of Rage is present in this game.
In total, there are three weapons in your arsenal. knives, steel pipes, and katanas. The big difference is that you can keep the weapon until the end of an area, rather than having a limited amount of uses.
In terms of lifespan, the entire story can be completed in just one hour. To put things into perspective, the WWF Wrestlemania arcade game has 52 minutes of playtime, and the legendary Golden Axe has the exact same amount of playtime as Final Fight.
So, when compared to other arcade classics from the same era, for example, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game, coming in with 2 1/2 hours this game has pretty much the average amount of playtime.
In summary, Final Fight is an excellent throwback to the arcade days of the 1980s, when compared to other classics, like Golden Axe, this title is pretty much average.
Although this title has very little uniqueness to make the game stand out in a highly congested market. i.e Beat Em Ups in the late 80s- early 90s
This game is available in a variety of formats, for example, the Capcom Arcade Stadium, and the Capcom Beat Em Up Bundle, this game is very cheap and easy to obtain.
So, if you are a fighting game enthusiast and are looking for a relatively cheap Beat Em Up classic to play over the summer, this game is recommended.
OVERALL SCORE 96.3%
Ian takes the victory with a nail-biting 1.3% margin
See you guys in the next review!
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